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Charles the Fat

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Charles the Fat (839 – 13 January 888) was the emperor of the Carolingian Empire from 881 to 887. A member of the Carolingian dynasty, Charles was the youngest son of Louis the German and Hemma, and a great-grandson of Charlemagne. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles the Fat has received more than 1,692,721 page views. His biography is available in 68 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 65 in 2019). Charles the Fat is the 411th most popular politician (up from 523rd in 2019), the 116th most popular biography from Germany (up from 143rd in 2019) and the 29th most popular German Politician.

Charles the fat is most famous for his reign as the Holy Roman Emperor. He was born in 839 and died in 888. He was the son of Louis I, the king of France, and he became the emperor at the age of 12. Charles the fat was the first emperor to unite all of Western Europe under one rule.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Charles the Fat ranks 411 out of 19,576. Before him are Philip VI of France, Miklós Horthy, Mahmud I, Clara Zetkin, Olof Palme, and Edward IV of England. After him are Malik-Shah I, Ibn Saud, Hamza ibn Abdul-Muttalib, Herod Antipas, Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor, and Louis VII of France.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 839, Charles the Fat ranks 1. After him is Al-Tabari. Among people deceased in 888, Charles the Fat ranks 1. After him are Abu Dawood, Bořivoj I, Duke of Bohemia, Al-Mundhir of Córdoba, Emperor Xizong of Tang, Rimbert, Ingelger, and Burgred of Mercia.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Charles the Fat ranks 116 out of 7,253. Before him are Albert Speer (1905), Clara Zetkin (1857), Bruce Willis (1955), Theodor W. Adorno (1903), Nikolaus Otto (1832), and Walter Benjamin (1892). After him are Carl Wilhelm Scheele (1742), Ludwig II of Bavaria (1845), Leni Riefenstahl (1902), Novalis (1772), Wim Wenders (1945), and Augustus II the Strong (1670).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Charles the Fat ranks 29. Before him are Erich Honecker (1912), William the Silent (1533), Willy Brandt (1913), Frederick III, German Emperor (1831), Henry the Fowler (876), and Clara Zetkin (1857). After him are Ludwig II of Bavaria (1845), Augustus II the Strong (1670), Leopold I of Belgium (1790), Lothair I (795), George I of Great Britain (1660), and Christian IX of Denmark (1818).

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